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Saudi Crown Prince to Meet with Trump, Putin, May at G20 on Saturday

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Reuters)

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, is scheduled to hold talks in Osaka on Saturday with US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May.

The Saudi royal was in Osaka to head the Kingdom’s delegation at the G20 summit. He had arrived in the city on Thursday after carrying out an official two-day visit to South Korea.

Bloomberg news said that the Crown Prince and Trump will have breakfast on 8:30 am on Saturday on the sidelines of the summit. Trump is then set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A spokeswoman for May said that she and the Crown Prince are set to discuss the situation in the Gulf and the crisis in Yemen.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had on Tuesday revealed that preparations were underway for a meeting between Crown Prince Mohammed and Putin on June 29.

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